The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . the ap-propriateness of his pseudonym. As a caricaturist, Chamwas animated by no such seriousness of purpose as formedthe inspiration of Daumier; and this was why he neverbecame a really great caricaturist. It was the humorous sideof life, even of the tragedies of life, that appealed to him,and he reflected it back with an incisive drollery which wasirresistible. He was one of the most rapid and industriousof workers, and found in the events of Vannee terrible theinspiration of a vast number of cartoons. The looting pro-pensities of the Pru
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . the ap-propriateness of his pseudonym. As a caricaturist, Chamwas animated by no such seriousness of purpose as formedthe inspiration of Daumier; and this was why he neverbecame a really great caricaturist. It was the humorous sideof life, even of the tragedies of life, that appealed to him,and he reflected it back with an incisive drollery which wasirresistible. He was one of the most rapid and industriousof workers, and found in the events of Vannee terrible theinspiration of a vast number of cartoons. The looting pro-pensities of the Prussians were satirized in a sketch showingtwo Prussian officers looking greedily at a clock on themantelpiece in a French chateau. Let us take the clock. But peace has already been signed. No matter. Dontyou see the clock is slow? The German acquisition of theRhenish provinces is summed up in a picture which shows aGerman officer attaching to his leg a chain, at the end ofwhich is a huge ball marked Alsace. The siege having 222 CENTURY IN CARICATURE. NEW DESIGN FOR A HAND BELL PROPOSED BY CHARIVARI FOR THE PUR-POSE OF REMINDING THE ASSEMBLY THAT PRUSSIAN TROOPS STILL HOLDFRENCH TERRITORY. By Daumier. turned every Parisan into a nominal soldier, this condition ofaffairs is hit off by Cham in a cartoon underneath which iswritten: Everybody being soldiers, the officers will havethe right to put through the paces anyone whom they meet inthe streets. The sketch shows a cook in the usual culinarycostume, and bearing on his head a flat basket filled withkettles and pans, marking time at the command of an attitude of England during the war seemed to the carica-turist perfidious, after the practical aid which France hadrendered Albion in the Crimea. Cham hits this off by CENTURY IN CARICATURE 223 representing the two nations as women, Britannia lookingironically at prostrate France and saying: Oh, no! Prussiahas not yet entirely killed her! So it is not yet time to go toher a
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